We all make mistakes. That is why there are erasers on pencils and “white out” to cover ink when we make mistakes on paper. When you work on a computer and make a mistake, usually you can undo your mistake. Just click your pointer on the Uturn button to undo your last move. Then if you change your mind, you can even redo your undo. However, you must make these changes right away or it won’t correct your mistake. You can only undo your last move.
BANG! CRASH! Oh no, I’ve just wrecked my car and I’m hurt! I wish I could undo the accident. If only . . . but life is not that way. Once something has happened, it cannot be undone.
Did you ever say something and then right away wish you hadn’t said it? It is too late. You can say, “I’m sorry,” but you can’t take the words back. Maybe you did something wrong, and again, it is too late to make a change. You cannot undo what you have already said or done.
Here are some Bible verses that tell us this. “If the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree [falls], there it shall be” (Ecclesiastes 11:33If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be. (Ecclesiastes 11:3)). The tree cannot change the way it fell. No one can change where the tree fell. Another verse tells us, “We . . . are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again” (2 Samuel 14:1414For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him. (2 Samuel 14:14)). The water quickly runs off and some soaks into the ground, and it is impossible to get it back into your cup.
No, there is no undo button in life. The Bible says, “All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:2323For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; (Romans 3:23)). It is impossible to undo your sins. When you die, there is no undo. Then it is too late to change your state; it is fixed. If you die without Christ, you are lost forever. If you have accepted Him as your Lord and Saviour, you will be with Him forever.
On a computer there is a “delete” key. You can highlight your mistake and then press the delete key and the mistake is removed. There is no way you can undo or delete your sins, but God offers to blot them out. When you believe on the Lord Jesus, He removes all your sins and you are saved for heaven. “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved” (Acts 16:3131And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. (Acts 16:31)). “The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin” (1 John 1:77But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. (1 John 1:7)).
Computers cost a lot of money, but God has made salvation free for you because the price has already been paid. The Lord Jesus paid that awful price on the cross, when He was judged by God for the sins of every person who believes on Him.
What you just deleted on a computer can be brought back. You can undo the delete, and everything comes back on your screen again. This can never happen to your sins. Jesus says, “Their sins and iniquities will I remember no more” (Hebrews 10:1717And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. (Hebrews 10:17)). “I . . . am He that blotteth out thy transgressions [sins] . . . and will not remember thy sins” (Isaiah 43:2525I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. (Isaiah 43:25)).
Just as you must undo right away on a computer, you must not wait to have your sins forgiven. Jesus is coming soon for all those whose sins have been blotted out. If you are not saved at that time, you will be lost forever. That is why we are told, “Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation” (2 Corinthians 6:22(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succored thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.) (2 Corinthians 6:2)).
Will you come to the Saviour right now to have your sins blotted out? He loves you and is waiting to tell you, “I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins” (Isaiah 44:2222I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee. (Isaiah 44:22)).
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